Varul Vilgerts Smaliukas advise clients on Parex Bank’s EUR 270 million bond issue 24 March

Advising creditors of Parex Banka AS regarding the issue of eurobonds (EUR 270 million) and a potential multimillion subscription issue and sell-off by a number of clients.

The advice included a detailed review of the bond terms in the light of the split being proposed at the time of the Parex Banka AS into “bad bank” and “good bank ” units. The advice provided thus had to incorporate an  analysis of both contractual and regulatory provisions applicable to the issue of bonds, as well as legal issues arising from the change of status of the bank’s clients from deposit holders to creditors. The advice was also followed by assisting in negotiations with the bank, thereby providing legal support to the clients on the whole process of subscription to eurobonds.